Application Programming Interface Technical Specification (API TechSpec)

Multiple groups within UN/CEFACT wish to develop standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) as part of the set of technical deliverables from their project. The RDM2API project demonstrated that it is possible to go from the semantics of UN/CEFACT towards APIs. This project aims to develop a technical specification in order to move from Reference Data Model (RDM) based deliverables to a standardized API which retains the richness of information available in RDMs. 

Develop a technical specification which will standardize API production for UN/CEFACT RDM-based deliverables.

The project deliverables is:
     •	Deliverable 1:	Application Programming Interface Technical Speciation )API-TechSpec)
   

The exit criteria will be:
     • API Tech Spec ready for publication and Public Review disposition log demonstrating that all Public Review comments have been addressed.

Membership is open to UN/CEFACT experts with broad knowledge in the area of: broad knowledge of UN/CEFACT e-business standards and/or API technical knowledge.

The geographical focus of the project is global.

List any initial contributions: 
•	RDM2API project “JSON -LD Vocabulary Publishing” guideline
•	RDM2API project “API 3.0 NDR and interface conformance rules” guideline
 

Participants in the project shall provide resources for their own participation. The existence and functioning of the project shall not require any additional resources from the UNECE secretariat.